Mobile apps designers are creative innovators, able to imagine what users need before they know they need it. But they also have to be super practical to transform a creative design into an app that delivers quick entertainment or information in the least number of screen taps.

Creating innovative, convenient and fast ways to shop online is one tech career area that needs the best and brightest talent to keep thinking up new ways for stores to win the digital race against competitors, especially as mobile shopping explodes.

Electricity distribution hasn’t changed much since 1880 when Thomas Edison patented a system of wires and meters. But the end is approaching thanks to smart grids that rely on information and communications technologies to make electricity more reliable and energy efficient.

Software programmers are the smarts behind everything in today’s digital world. Whatever we do on computers, smartphones and tablets relies on software so programmers are in demand everywhere! They aren’t solitary coders anymore either but work in teams to get the best from tech.

Sound designers mash up their music and tech skills to create unique sounds for movies, video games, film or TV to trigger our emotions – be it happiness, excitement or even sadness that puts us on the verge of tears.